Signal.



M. A. GYSEL.

SIGNAL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 5. 1918.

1 273,606. Patented July 23, 1918.

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SIGNAL;

Specification of'Letters' Patent.

Patented July 23, 1918;

Continuation of application Serial No. 171,943,filed May 8111917. This application filed January 5, 1918;-

Serial No. 210,529;

To allwlwm it may concern:-

Be it known that I, MARVIN A. GYsEL, a citizenof the United States, and resident of Rochester, in'lthe county ofMonroe and- State ofNew York, have invented certain newanduseful Improvements 1n Signals, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to signals,

and 'while illustrated and described in connection with direction signals for use on vehicles it is capable of embodiment in signals-of various types. An object of this invention is to provide an operatingamech'anism for signals so constructed as to elfect the alternate movement of a signal member toward-and from signaling position on suceessive movements of an operating member from anormal position. Another object of the invention is to combine with sueh an operating meehanism a locking means which will hold the signal inember in either of its two positions until the operating member is actuated.

To these and other ends, theinvention consists of'certain parts and combinations of pants all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In thedrawings,:'

Figure 1 is an interior view of the casing of the signal showing the signaling member retracted; i

Fig. 2 is a view of the open side of the casingthrough' which the, signaling member is projected;

Figs. 3'and '4 are detail views showing two positions of the operating means, the first showingi'the position of the parts when the signaling member isretraete'dand the second showing the position of the parts when'the signaling'member projeetedand'the op: eratingmember 'isfshifted slightly to re tract the'signalingjmember is a detail. View showing; the signal attached to one sidepf a wind shield'of "an" automobile; the signaling member b'eingre V tracted and F g."6 '1sarv1ew'showingthe signalzon'the opposite sidepf'the'vehicle with the signaL ing member projected I Inthe iliustratedembodiment' of the in, vention, lindicates the motor vehicle to the opposite sides of which the-casings2 of two signals are secured. Eachcasing in this -in'- stance is formed 'of-two-sectionsand in-' closes a signaling member of-"any desired-- form. Preferablythis member 'is in the form of 'alazy'tongsii with' two short inner links 3 "pivotedton a common axi'sB". Be tween" its ends'the'lazy tongs carries guide pieces 1 1 secured pivotal'ly at 4: toone'of the central pivots'of thelazy'tongs-and operat ing our guides 5 formed on the inner facesoi' the casings'2.

For projecting and retracting-the signal ingimember through 'the' open sideoi the casing, an operating mechanism is provided which in this instance-comprises an operat= ing member Gpreferably mounted to swing or oscillhl'eonth'e pivot 3 of the lazy tongs and havinga cord 7 or'other'similar meanssecured to its swinging end: A spring8 or other device may'act'on the operating member'to returnthe latter to normal posi tion. Connection between the operating member and 'the signaling'member is so constructed thatthe former on' successive movements away fromuts-normal position alternately; projects and "retracts the signaling. member fromtheeasing; This'conn'ection in this instance embodies a latch 9 pivoted at 10 tothe'operator 6*and havinga projection 11 near the swinging end' for engagement alternately with two abutments 12 and 13 on a pivoted memberrlel pivoted at 14. The abutments 12 and'13 are-so-ar-' ranged that one lies -on-one side of the normal position of thelatch while the other lies on the other side of the normal position of the .latch, the said normal position being such'that the direction of pull on'the latch in normal position intersects the-axis of the pivoted member 14. Thelatch is preferably held in itsnormal position by a spring *device which, in' this instance, comprises two '95 spring'arms 15'coiled about-a common" in" 16and--'anehored"in'the casing at17l he spring armreturns "the la'teh'to normal 'posi'- tion when the latch "is released after having" shifted the signaling member *in one direm tion-and"the other spring armmeturns the" latch after the latch has shifted the signal ing'-arm in the' otherdireetion. In 'orde'r to direct the latch abutmentsqQ and 13th'e shown in Fig. 1, and

,and the same member 14 has two converging faces 12 and 13 forming a tapered projection between them in line with the pivot of the member 14.

To the end of locking the signaling mem' ber both in projected and in retracted positions, locking means may be provided comprising preferably interlocking portions on the latch 9. and the pivoted member 14. In

this instance the latch 9 is provided with a lateral projection 18 while the pivoted member 14 is provided with a projection 19in line with the pivot of said member, said projection 19 having notches 19 and 19" on opposite sides thereof in which the pro ection 18 is alternately adapted to be received, after the pivoted member 14 has been shifted by the latch. This interlocking connection is'established by the spring 8 which returns the operating member 6 to its normal posi-- tion, as shown in Fig. 3, while at the same time causing he projection 18 to enter the notch 19 .or 19 depending on which direc tion the member 14 has been shifted.

Assuming the parts are -in the positions the signaling member 3 the cord 7 is pulled, thus shifting the operating member 6 .toward the left and compressing the spring 8. This causes the projection 11 on the latch 9 to enter into engagement with either the face 12 or the face 13 depending on the position of the pivoted member 14. The face 12 or 13 directs the projection toward one of the abutments 12 or 13 which when engaged transmits the motion of. the oscillatory operating member 6 to the pivoted member 14,

due to the fact that the pull will be applied to the pivoted member .on one side of the pivot 14 and thepivoted member through the link 20 which is connected to the signal ing member 3 by the pivot 4, transmits the motion to the signaling member. Before the projection the projection 18 is disconnected from the pivoted member 14, due to the factthat a' slight lost motion takes place between the latch 9 and the pivoted member 14, while the.

projection 11. is-traveling over either the surface 12 or 13 7 p From the foregoing itvwill be seen that there has been provided asignal into which the signaling element may be alternately projected or retracted through successive movements of an operating member in one 7 direction away from a normal position, the operating member being. returned to the normal positionunderthev action of thesp'ringor other suitablev device, without effecting any movement ofthe signalingmember.

liableto get out of order. Furtherand not more, it has provision whereby the signalposition when it is desired toproject 1.1 shiftsthe pivoted member 14,

, The .mechanism for producing this result is simple in construction ing released by such operating mechanism before the signaling member is shifted.

This application is a conti-nuationof an application filed by me on May 31, 1917, Serial No. 171,943.

WVhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,:-

1. A signal comprising a member movable in opposite directions, nected to said member to move to signaling the first named member is moved in one direction and away from siga signal member connaling position when the first named memoperating member in a'normal position, and

' ber ismoved in the other direction, 'an op-" eratingfmember, a spring for holding the.

connection between the operating member and the first named member having provision for moving the first named member alternately in opposite directions onsuccessive movements of the operating member away from normal position.

2.- A signal comprising a signaling member movable toward and from signaling position, an operating member'liaving a normal position, and connection between the operating member and the signaling member having provision for moving the signaling member alternately to and'from signaling position on successive movements, of the operating member from normal position.

3. A signal comprising a signaling member in the form of lazy tongs, a pivoted member having a link connection with the lazy tongs, an operating member having a normal position, and means for engaging said pivoted member alternately on opposite sides of its pivot to projectand retract the lazy tongs on successive movements of the operating member from normal position.

4. A signal comprising a signaling member, a pivoted member connected to the signaling member, an operating member hav;

ing a normal position, and means for engagingsaid pivoted member alternately on op posite sides of its pivottoproject and retract the signaling member on successive movements of the operating member from normal position.

5;. Asignalicomprising, a signaling meme ber, a pivoted member connected to thesig naling member, an oscillatory operating member having a normal position, and a latch pivoted. ;to the operating member to engage the pivoted member alternately on.

opposite sides of its pivot to project and retract thev signaling member on successive movements of the operating member from normal position.

6. A signal comprising a signaling me mber, a pivoted .memberconnectedto thesige naling member, an oscillatory operating member having a normal position, a latch pivoted to. the oscillatory, operating member to engage the pivoted member alternately on opposite sides of its pivot on successive movements of the operating member from normal position, and spring means acting on the latch to cause such alternate engagement.

7. A signal comprising a signaling memher, a pivoted member connected to the signaling member, an oscillatory operating member, a latch pivoted to the operating member to engage the pivoted member alternately on opposite sides of the pivot to project and retract the signaling member, and interlocking devices on the latch and the pivoted member for holding the pivoted member. against movement in both positions.

8. A signal comprising a signaling member movable to and from signaling position, an operating member having a normal position, a connection between the operating member and the signaling member having provision for moving the signaling member alternately to and from signaling position on successive movements of the operating member from normal position, said connections also having provision for locking said signal in its two positions.

9. A signal comprising a pivoted member movable in opposite directions, a signaling member connected to said member to move the signaling member to signaling position when the first named member is moved in one direction and away from signaling position when said first named member is moved in the other direction, an operating member, a spring for holding the operating member in normal position, and a latch operated by said operating member to engage the first mentioned member on opposite sides of its pivot, said latch and pivoted member having interlocking por tions which hold said pivoted member in its two shifted positions.

10. A signal comprising a pivoted membet, a signaling member operated by said pivoted member to move to signaling position when the pivoted member is moved in one direction and away from signaling pe sition when the pivoted member is moved in the other direction, an operating member,

and a latch having a projection thereon, the pivoted member having two abntments on opposite sides of its pivot to be engaged by said projection on the latch, said pivoted member also having two converging faces for directing the projection to said abutments alternately.

11. A signal comprising a pivoted member, a signaling member operated by said pivoted member to move to signaling position when the pivoted member is moved in one direction and away from signaling position when the pivoted member is moved in the other direction, an operating member, a latch having a projection thereon, the pivoted member having two abntments on opposite sides of its pivot to be engaged by said projection on the latch, and said pivoted member also having two converging faces for directing the projection to said abutments alternately, interlocking portions on the latch and the said pivoted member for holding the pivoted member against movement in its two shifted positions, the interlocking portions being disconnected when the latch is moved in contact with one of the inclined faces toward one of the abutments, and a spring tending to hold the operating member in a normal position and to effect the interlocking between the latch and the pivoted member.

12. A signal comprising a pivoted member, a signaling member connected to said pivoted member to move to signaling position when the pivoted inember is moved in one direction, and away from signaling position when the pivoted member is moved in the other direction, an operating member, a latch connected to the operating member and adapted to engage the pivoted. member alternately on opposite sides of its pivot, interlocking devices between the latch and the pivoted member broken by the movement of the operating member, and a spring acting on the operating member to move it to a normal position and to effect the interlocking connection between the latch and the pivoted member.

MARVIN A. GYSEL.

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